| Pile On! | | actor |
| Armed | 2018 | actor |
| Methane Momma | 2017 | actor |
| Peeples | 2013 | actor |
| Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail | 2012 | actor |
| We the Party | 2012 | actor |
| Un voyage sur la Terre | 2011 | actor |
| Redemption Road | 2010 | actor |
| Us: A Love Story | 2009 | actor |
| Mario's Green House | 2009 | actor |
| All My Children | 2008 | actor |
| Blackout | 2007/III | actor |
| Hard Luck | 2006 | actor |
| Girlfriends | 2005 | actor |
| Baltimore | 2003 | actor |
| The Hebrew Hammer | 2003 | actor |
| Antilles sur Seine | 2000 | actor |
| Time of Her Time | 2000 | actor |
| Smut | 1999 | actor |
| Love Kills | 1998 | actor |
| The Shining | 1997 | actor |
| Riot | 1997 | actor |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | 1997 | actor |
| Calm at Sunset | 1996 | actor |
| Gang in Blue | 1996 | actor |
| Living Single | 1996 | actor |
| Fist of the North Star | 1995 | actor |
| Panther | 1995/I | actor |
| Terminal Velocity | 1994 | actor |
| Dream On | 1994 | actor |
| Last Action Hero | 1993 | actor |
| Posse | 1993 | actor |
| Boomerang | 1992 | actor |
| True Identity | 1991 | actor |
| In the Heat of the Night | 1990 | actor |
| Identity Crisis | 1989 | actor |
| Sonny Spoon | 1988 | actor |
| Taking Care of Terrific | 1987 | actor |
| Jaws: The Revenge | 1987 | actor |
| America | 1986 | actor |
| O.C. and Stiggs | 1985 | actor |
| The Sophisticated Gents | 1981 | actor |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | actor |
| Watermelon Man | 1970 | actor |
| Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail | 2012 | writer |
| Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha | 2008 | writer |
| Baadasssss! | 2003 | writer |
| Le conte du ventre plein | 2000 | writer |
| Classified X | 1998 | writer |
| Vrooom Vroom Vrooom | 1995 | writer |
| Panther | 1995/I | writer |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | 1987 | writer |
| The Sophisticated Gents | 1981 | writer |
| Greased Lightning | 1977 | writer |
| Just an Old Sweet Song | 1976 | writer |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | 1973 | writer |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | writer |
| Slogan | 1969 | writer |
| The Story of a Three-Day Pass | 1968 | writer |
| Cinq cent balles | 1963 | writer |
| Sunlight | 1957 | writer |
| Three Pickup Men for Herrick | 1957 | writer |
| Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail | 2012 | director |
| Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha | 2008 | director |
| The Real Deal | 2003 | director |
| Le conte du ventre plein | 2000 | director |
| The Outer Limits | 1997 | director |
| Tales of Erotica | 1996 | director |
| Gang in Blue | 1996 | director |
| Vrooom Vroom Vrooom | 1995 | director |
| Identity Crisis | 1989 | director |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | 1973 | director |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | director |
| Watermelon Man | 1970 | director |
| The Bill Cosby Show | 1970 | director |
| The Story of a Three-Day Pass | 1968 | director |
| Cinq cent balles | 1963 | director |
| Sunlight | 1957 | director |
| Three Pickup Men for Herrick | 1957 | director |
| Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha | 2008 | producer |
| Le conte du ventre plein | 2000 | producer |
| Classified X | 1998 | producer |
| Gang in Blue | 1996 | producer |
| Vrooom Vroom Vrooom | 1995 | producer |
| Panther | 1995/I | producer |
| Identity Crisis | 1989 | producer |
| The Sophisticated Gents | 1981 | producer |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | 1973 | producer |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | producer |
| Sunlight | 1957 | producer |
| Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail | 2012 | composer |
| Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis | 2005 | composer |
| Le conte du ventre plein | 2000 | composer |
| Smut | 1999 | composer |
| Vrooom Vroom Vrooom | 1995 | composer |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | 1973 | composer |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | composer |
| Watermelon Man | 1970 | composer |
| The Story of a Three-Day Pass | 1968 | composer |
| Cinq cent balles | 1963 | composer |
| Sunlight | 1957 | composer |
| Three Pickup Men for Herrick | 1957 | composer |
| Posse | 1993 | soundtrack |
| Identity Crisis | 1989 | soundtrack |
| Kotia pin | 1989 | soundtrack |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | 1973 | soundtrack |
| The 26th Annual Tony Awards | 1972 | soundtrack |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | soundtrack |
| Watermelon Man | 1970 | soundtrack |
| Lilly Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail | 2012 | editor |
| Vrooom Vroom Vrooom | 1995 | editor |
| Identity Crisis | 1989 | editor |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | 1973 | editor |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | 1971 | editor |
| Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis | 2005 | music_department |
| The Sophisticated Gents | 1981 | music_department |
| Baadasssss Cinema | 2002 | miscellaneous |
| Wattstax | 1973 | miscellaneous |
| Black Fury | | thanks |
| The House I Live In | 2012 | thanks |
| Kinyarwanda | 2011 | thanks |
| Fair Game? | 2010 | thanks |
| C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | 2004 | thanks |
| Bamboozled | 2000 | thanks |
| Making Do the Right Thing | 1989 | thanks |
| Independent Lens | 2012 | self |
| The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | 2011 | self |
| Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door | 2011 | self |
| Fair Game? | 2010 | self |
| Way Black When | 2010 | self |
| Freakonomics | 2010 | self |
| Directors on Directing | 2009 | self |
| The Black List: Volume Two | 2009 | self |
| American Swing | 2008 | self |
| Disappearing Voices: The Decline of Black Radio | 2008 | self |
| Sex: The Revolution | 2008 | self |
| The 2006 Black Movie Awards | 2006 | self |
| Breaking the Rules | 2006 | self |
| American Stag | 2006 | self |
| How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) | 2005 | self |
| The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards | 2005 | self |
| Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis | 2005 | self |
| The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema | 2004 | self |
| Tavis Smiley | 2004 | self |
| Anatomy of a Scene | 2004 | self |
| The Real Deal: What It is | 2003 | self |
| Baadasssss Cinema | 2002 | self |
| Jim Brown: All American | 2002 | self |
| Acapulco Black Film Festival | 2000 | self |
| Classified X | 1998 | self |
| Lauren Hutton and... | 1995 | self |
| Charlie Rose | 1995 | self |
| Without Walls | 1994 | self |
| Adieu, Babylone! | 1993 | self |
| Family Figures | 1990 | self |
| American Masters | 1989 | self |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1986 | self |
| Working in the Theatre | 1982 | self |
| Black Journal | 1976 | self |
| The Irv Kupcinet Show | 1975 | self |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1974 | self |
| Soul Train | 1974 | self |
| The Midnight Special | 1974 | self |
| Broadway | 1973 | self |
| The 27th Annual Tony Awards | 1973 | self |
| Wattstax | 1973 | self |
| The 26th Annual Tony Awards | 1972 | self |
| The David Frost Show | 1971 | self |
| Pour le plaisir | 1968 | self |
| Missing Reel | 2014 | archive_footage |
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